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Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1887-02-18

THE free pass bill Of Mr.. Lucas, with
all its good and bad points, has been
gently sat down upon. Gently, Blu: eff
fectively.
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1887-02-18
FOR RENT.

DWELLING House with large lot on north
~ end of Princess Street, adjoining Paper
Mill Property. Dwelling House, including
Stable, &C.. on Washington Street, adjoining
property Of Geo. Adams. Dwelling House on
New Street, adjoining property of James h.
Barnhart. Possession given April LIST next.
For terms apply to BENZ. HARTZELL.
Feb. 4, ISS7-iw.
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1887-02-18

PRESIDENT CLEVELAND last week We
toed the dependent pension bill passed
BY Congress, measure that would have
thrown the Treasury doors wide open
and taken seventy million dollars anhu
ally from the Treasury. The Presidents
course will gain for him the respect Of
the people Of this entire county, for they
have become disgusted with this sort of
legislation. OF course demagogues will
make great hue and cry about the veto,
but sensible persons will endorse him
almos. unanimously. We honor the
President for his courage and manline=s.
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1887-02-18
HOTEL FOR RENT.

rTHE ENTLER HOTEL, in Shepherdstown,
i West Virginia, is for rent. Possession
given April LIST, 1887 For terms apply to the
underf igned at Piedmont West Virginia, OF
to H. {. Entler, Shepherdstown.
Up. A. ENTLER.
Feb. ii, lSS7-3w
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1887-02-18

If Messrs. Chew and Lucas can fool
themselves into believing that the
Charlestown Democrat tells the truth
when 1t says they are supported by the
Democratic voters of the county, they
are more credulous than we think they
are. We can assure them that they are
denounced almost universally in this
section for their action. And more:
Democrats here are becoming mighty i'm
patient at their continued stubbornness.
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1887-02-18
3 Head Of Horses,

Double Harness and Check Lines, 8 sets SIM
gle Harness, Lot of Halters, Saddle and Bri-
die, Horse Blankets, 3 Gum Blankets, II
Lap-robes Is Wooden, 8 Linen), sets Fly-nets,
Is Rope Halters, Cutting Box, 3 Buckets,
ScoOn. Shovel. Forks. &C. &c Also
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1887-02-18

A PROMINENT and woll-informed
Democrat of this State, in letter to the
REGISTER. speaking Of the Senatorial
question, says: "In my judgment, the
moment the thirty-sight entertain a
proposition OF compromise coming from
a minority of one-fourth, the party or.
ganization Is gone and disintegra.
Zion and ruin is the logical conse-
quence. 1t would be- precedent In
State and county conventions, aud even
down to primaries" This Is solid truth,
and we commend 1t to the consideration
of Democratic legislators.
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1887-02-18

SAM JONES recently refused to address
a gathering Of newspaper men. Sam is
evidently calling the sinners, not the
righteous, to repentance.
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1887-02-18

SENATOR CAMDEN was in Washington
on Monday for the first time since his
Senatorial contest began. He talked
quite freely to his Senatorial friends
about the situation at home, and asserts
with apparent confidence that he will
eventually be reelected, although the
deadlock may remain unbroken during
the balance of the week.
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1887-02-18

TIE fellow who has been boarding his
trade dollars for three or four years is
now happy. Congress has passed bill
making them worth one hundred cents.
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1887-02-18

SEE here, Messrs. Legislators, this
deadlock is getting to be sort OF a
chestnut" You twelve stubborn fell
lows please give up the majority.
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1887-02-18

Mr.. MANNING, the Secretary Of the
Treasury, has placed his resignation in
the hands of the President, to take effect
on the appointment of his successor.
Mr.. Manning will accept the presidency
of the Western National Bank of New
York. 1t is not known who will sue
ceed him as Secretary Of the Treasury.
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1887-02-18

IL the President were as sound on the
subject of civil service reform as he Is
on pension legislation, what apopular
party the Democratic party would be.
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1887-02-18

ACCORDING 10 the latest news from
Charleston, Mr.. Camden lacks about
eight votes yet, Mr.. Lucas about AZ, the
Republican candidate about 10, Govern
or Wilson SO, and the Green backer will
pull through if he can get AZ more.
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1887-02-18

Our esteemed contemporary, the Mar.
tinsburg Herald, used to be noted for its
fairness and liberality on all subjects. 1t
is becoming notorious now for its bitter
hatred and malignity when it speaks on
political subjects.
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1887-02-18

ONLY p CENTS.-A package contain
S)ing one quiIe of paper, one pencil tablet
nencil and one pencil eraser, for twenty-five
Cents BAKER & MCMURRAN.
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1887-02-18

T,OR a .5O-we will sell you fine Razor
II and guarantee 1t to be Of the finest steel
and to carry good edge.
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1887-02-18

Now Madam Rumor says that another
member of the Cabinet, Mr.. Bsyard, is
to marry. The lady mentioned is from
Philadelphia, and is rich, handsome and
young.
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1887-02-18
Household and Kitchen Furniture,

consisting of Bureaus, Bedsteads, Bedding
Mattresses and Springs, Bolsters and Pillows,
Carpets, Mating. Oil-cloths, Wardrobe, Mir
rors, Wash-stands, Bowls, Pitchers, Buckets,
Centre Table Falling Leaf Tables, Lot Of
Chairs, 3 Rockers, Clock,
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1887-02-18

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, 1887-12-02
Importance of Paper.

Paper is becoming an important article
to all manufacturers. The latest thing is
the paper coffin, and it bids fair to take
the place of wood, being light, durable
and waterproof. The paper coffin can be
made for n few dollars, and, with the
proper veneering, is capable of a beauti-
full finish in imitation of any costly wood.
All paper articles have the advantage Of
%cheapness, while they last about as long
as wooden wares. Manufacturers are
now making paper water buckets and
paper doors. These are very popular.
The doors are waterproof and will not
shrink or crack. For several years past
we have seen paper car wheels and paper
rowing boats. l can't say when the next
innovation will be made, for only the
other day l wiped my mouth on Il paper
napkin, and a few hours later saw q
paper dress imported from Paris. The
clerk told me that French women of the
middle classes were stanch patrons of the
paper dress. 1t will not be long before
we shall be building paper houses, and for
half the money we now pay out for
homes. Professor Z. II. Smith in Globe.
Democrat.
, 1887-12-02

In stature Mattah-Djarri was some
what above the ordinary Javanese
woman, who cannot be called tall; but
III symmetry and delicacy of figure and
grace of limb she had no compcer. Both
were full and eXquisitely rounded, as
those of her cOuntrywomen are in gen.
eral, which is imputed IN the suppressed
action of the water in bathing twice
daily, by pouring or throwing it on top
of the head in the eastern fashion, from
whence it flows down in trickling streams
all over the body, and as the years go on.
gradually causing the limbs and skin to
become round, firm, smooth and polished.
In Mattah-Djarri's case this effect was
doubtless aided in no small degree by
long friction with delicate oils, and the
palms of Djoolo's hands. The faithful
babu had bathed her every morning and
evening since she was born, in soft. per-
fumed water; after which she Amounted
her body and limbs with the highly
scented lang-a-chandana (oil of sandal
wood), rubbing it into the pores of the
skin till the latter was smooth and dry,
then polishing it with the light and deli
cate bore kuning, a yellow, perfumed
rice powder, used by people of rank.
Every motion of the beautiful girl was
the expression of grace and harmony, to
which was added a tranquil ease and dig
nifty, that impressed every one with o
sense of her extreme loneliness of char.
acter and person, combined with the
pure oriental beauty of her face, to gain
for her, among her own people, the rare
honor of being likened to the Widadaris
children of heaven).-''A Princess of
wa
, 1887-12-02
A Trick of oriental servants.

A lady in Brooklyn has just had a
singular experience. She engaged a
japanese servant to do up stars work.
lie appeared in the afternoon, was all
bows and smiles, and at dinner that
evening waited on the table in excellent
style. The lady thought she had a
jewel of a servant. After dinner he re-
quested to be allowed to go to New York
to see about some clothes. He went, and
that was the last seen of Jap No. 1. She
tried another, with the same result. A
third was tried. He stayed two days,
and then left early one morning before
breakfast The lady was nonplused
over the matter. She told a friend who
had been in San Francisco the circum-
stances. This friend said that house
keepers there had found that when a
Chinese servant left a place he didn't
like he would put some mark, usually of
a character so slight as not to be noticed,
on the kitchen wall. The next one, of
course, would see it, and thus learn what
his predecessor thought of the place and
act accordingly. The first servant the
lady employed didn't like the situation
for some reason, and so left the place and
probably his mark. The others saw it
and left on account of it. The lady saws
she is through with oriental servants
New York Evening Sun.
, 1887-12-02
sIlssIs.Ippl.. 81. n1ndstone.

A day or two ago Mr.. B. L. Milan, an
old and respected citizen of Waterford,
Miss, called at The Avalanche Office and
exhibited a maidstone that has a history.
1t was brought to Alabama from China
in 1910 by DIR. William Barker, who
used it with success for several years. At
his death it was sold to Jarvis Milan,
the father of The Avalanche's visitor,
and four others. Milan moved TO Mis-
sissippi in 1885, and took the stone with
him, having bought out the interest of
his partners. He died in 1919 and left
the stone to his son. The present pro-
prietor has used it in 1880 cases, for
bites of rabid dogs, COWS and horses, be-
sides spider and snake bites, and he
asserts that it did not fail to effect a cure
in a single instance when applied before
paroxysms had set in.
The stone is porous, of a light cream
color, an inch and a quarter in diameter
and weighs one ounce. 1t has been
broken in five places, and is mended with
silver bands. When a person is bitten
the wound is first carefully washed with
warm water, a mop being used to guard
against danger to the operator from in
fected blood or pus. The stone is then
bound tightly upon the affected part and
left there from two to fifteen hours, ac-
cording to the freshness of the bite-the
older it is the longer the time necessary.
When removed it is found to lave abb
sorbed a quantity of blood or pus from
the oun 1t is her washed clean in
warm water and dried before a fire or
stove. Mr.. Milan has beer offered So, 900
for his treasure, but refuses TO sell. He
gets a good revenue from it, charging
those patients who are able to pay, but its
virtues are more frequently called into
play to saw the lives of unfortunates who
have nothing to give in return. 1t is to
Mr.. Milam's credit that these are never
refused, and that he values the stone
most for the good it does to suffering hui
manity. He is greatly troubled lest at
his death his children should divide it up
and thus destroy its virtue.-Memphis
Avaianshe.
, 1887-12-02

let that cold of yours run on. You think
it is a little thing. But it may run into
catarrh. Or into pneumonia. Or CON
sumption.
Catarrh is disgusting. Pneumonia is
dangerous. Consumption is death itself.
The breathing apparatus must be kept
healthy and clear of all Instructions and
offensive matter. Otherwise there is
trouble ahead.
All the diseases OF these parts, head,
nose, throat, bronchial tubes and lungs,
can be delightfully."- and entirely cured by
the use of Boschee's German Syrup. 1t
you don't know this already, thousands
and thousands of people can tell you.
They have been cured by it, and know
how it is, themselves" Bottle only rs
cents. Ask any druggist.
, 1887-12-02

take a great deal of outdoor exercise,
either by walking or in n carriage. l re-
tire early and rise early, invariably at the
same hours every day. indulge in light
gymnastic exercises almost daily, and
battle three times n week during the
summer in water that is comfortable to
the feelings, and twice a week during the
cold weather. | believe in the old saving
that cleanliness is next to godliness, ~
for without it and attention to diet, it is
of little use to try to keep from disease.
There is nothing like a correct diet and a
well regulated general regimen. Con-
sidering the many dangers to which the
average man is exposed, it is surprising
that he should remain in health so long
as he does. But parental nature fire.
quently repairs the injury, unknown to
him. | believe that, if n man eats SPAR
ingly and drinks little, he is sure of bring
ing no i'll health upon himself, and that a
moderate supply of food uourishes the
body best. The quantity of food which
nature really requires for her support is
small, and he hat lives temperately and
drinks moderately at each meal. as Hip
pocrates says, stands fair to enjoy spright-
illness, ~yivacity and freedom of spirits
Rev. T. De Witt Talmage.
, 1887-12-02

A new device for catching nickels is
just out, which as a novelty e~clipses its
competitors in weighing machines, minia-
ture steamboats, and locomotives seen
occasionally in hotel Hobbies and public
places where people congregate. This
machine is automatic like the others, and
consists of a stand of iron three feet high,
supporting a square box made of wood,
two sides being panels of glass to admit
light and enable people to see the thing
work. Inside is a sort of miniature
metal w~heelbarrow, tipped at an angle of
about forty-five degrees. AT the top of
the box, directly over the wheelbarrow,
is a square cut hole about an inch and a
half wide by three inches long, large
enough to enable n to drop a five cent
piece through into a slot below, which is
between the two handles of the barrow
and about a quarter of an inch in width.
If the money is poised carefully over the
hole at the top and dropped so as to fall
into the slot. the owner will see it roll
into a little receptacle on the outside of
the box opposite the end of the barrow,
closely followed by another five cent
piece, which is his prize, besides getting
his first n back. Should it again be
tried and the nickel strike the edges of
the opening, which is about three or four
times its thickness, of course it goes into
the lower part of the inside of the box,
thus adding to the treasury of the owner
of the machine. - New York Evening
Sun.
, 1887-12-02
BIN Nye and his Work.

A literary character who has come to
us from the west is making his way in
popularity. Edgar William Nye, as his
parents called him before he gave him
self the simpler name of Bill Nye, has in
all probability the largest daily mail of
any newspaper man in New York. His let
tiers are mainly from humorist cranks, a
newly developed fraternity of fools who
send him long pieces in as close imitation
of his own writings as they are able to
produce. These are sent neither for pub
LEGATION nor, as he says, ''as an evidence
of good faith. but simply, as it appears,
to let the funny man know that others
can be as funny as himself, or at least can
try to be.
Bill Nye looks exactly like the pictures
that are made as c~aricatures of him. He
has enough hair at each side of his head
for an affidavit that he is not bald, but
the whole top of his head and his face
are hairless. He is tall and heavy, but
as ~ungraceful as Mark Twain. He is in
the neighborhood of Al or AZ, has a wife
and boy, and lives in more than mere
comfort in al uptown brown stone house.
His salary is 500 a week, and he has
contracted to write only for one journal.
He produces two articles-always one for
Sunday and a shorter one for the middle
of the week-and this he considers en-
ioying a vacation. Before he came to
New York he wrot something almost
every day. He makes acquaintance
slowly, but is exceedingly liked by all
who know him, mainly because he is
thoroughly democratic and plain in his
New York Cor. Chicago Her
aid.
, 1887-12-02
a Chronic Tendency overcome.

Many persons are troubled with a
chronic tendency to constipation. They
are of bilious temperament. The com
plant to which they are subject, though
easily remediable by judicious treatment,
is in many cases aggravated by a resort to
drastic purgatives and c%holagogues. As
The human stomach and bowels are lined
with a delicate membrane, and not with
valcanite, they cannot stand prolonged
drenchlng with such medicines without
serious injury. Nothing restores and
counteracts an habitual tendency to con-
stipation so effectually as Hostetter's
Stomach Bitters. Its laxative effect is
gentle and progressive. it neither con-
vulses nor weakens the intestines, and its
effects are unaccompanied by gripping
pains 1t arouses the liver when the or
gan is sluggish, promotes digestion, and
encourages appetite and sleep. For fever
and ague, kidney troubles, nervous COM
plants and i~ncipient rheumatism. it is
Incompatible, Take a wineglass before
meals and see how soon you will relish
them
, 1887-12-02
Home. Sweet Home, in Dakota.

A gentleman hunting for land in Da-
kota came across a boarded up claim
shanty with half n dozen boards across
the door, upon which were the following
touching inscriptions: -Four miles from
n nayber. Sixty miles from a postofis.
Twenty-Five miles from a raleroad. A
hundred and atcty from timber. $50
feet from water. God bless our home.
We have gone east to spend the winter
with my wife's folks. New York
Graphic.
, 1887-12-02

She stood in the pressroom of a country
daily, where the agile 'fly' of the press
was slapping down the papers with adj
mirable precision. She was a motherly
looking creature, with a blue cotton UNI
brella.
That fly delivers the papers at the
rate of 1900 an hour" modestly re-
marked the proud proprietor.
Fifteen hundred IN hour!' she ex-
claimed. ''Mercy on us! You don't
mean it, And then, moved by motherly
instinct, she added: What a place to
spank a baby!''-Somerville Journal.
, 1887-12-02
strength of Actresses.

Fanny Davenport is said to be the
strongest woman on the stage. She has
a powerful physique and the best of
health. Modieska, a.S.ough very frail
looking, is physically strong. She thinks
that she developed her muscle us n young
girl by breaking the loaf sugar for the
family, and in after years by churning
butter ON her ranch in California .-Cleve-
land Leader.
, 1887-12-02

Are quickly given to every part of the
body by Hoods Sarsaparilla. That tired
feeling is entirely overcome. The blood
is purified, enriched, and vitalized, and
carries health instead of disease to every
organ. The stomach is toned and strength,
ened. the appetite restored. The kidneys
and liver are reused and invigorated. The
brain is refreshed, the mind made clear
and ready for work. Try it.
, 1887-12-02

w. O. Tuggle, LeGrange, Ga, writing
about Darbys ProphylatI Fluid, says:
"lti a priceless Jewel as a disinfectant
and deodorizer. Ny wife states for the bene-
fit of young mothers that it is a valuable
adjunct to the nursery" 1t is equally SC
to parents travelling with children. Not
only is the Fluid invaluable as u deodor,
lzer, but a few drops added to the watel
in bathing will remove all eruptions from
The skin. chafing etc, and greatly refresh
and soothe.
, 1887-12-02

Mrs. Winslow's Soothing Syrup should
always be used for children teething. 1t
soothes the child, softens the gums, al
lays the pain, cures wind collie. and is the
best remedy for riiarrhpa. Twenty-Five
cents a bottle.
, 1887-12-02

1.-THE trouble with IN oyster stew"
growled a lover of that composition the
other day, ''is that it is too hot at the be-
ginning and too cold as the bottom of the
dish appears. '-Philadelphia Call.
, 1887-12-02
PRAurIcE TRUE ECONOMY

by having your clothing that is faded or
soiled cleaned or dyed at the Colorado
Steam Dye Works, 1872, Larimer street,
Denver. Prompt attention to outside
orders.
, 1887-12-02
. OF the good things of TIL

MONN OF the good things of this
W SN~ssl life are sorrowfully let
alone on o Of Dyspepsia. Ecker's
Dyspepsia Tablets will cure Dyspepsia,
Indigestion and Constipation; sold OF a
positive guarantee at 25 and 90 cents, by
DR.. w. n. Hunt
, 1887-12-02

The largest stock of fine brandies, old
whlskies, choice hiquetrs and superfne
cigars at George Masten's well known
house, corner Sixteenth and Ferguson
streets.
, 1887-12-02
S\cCN e HigRts Is tn ;

thousands suffering from Asthma, Cen
sumption, Coughs, erc. Did you ever try
Acker'j English Remedy? 1t is the best
preparation known Cor all Lung Troubles
sold on e positive guarantee at 10c., 50c,
DIR. w. n. Hunt.
, 1887-12-02
Our Specially

Is Plush Cloaks, and we can sell you a
good one for 25 per cent. less than any one
in Colorado.
Do you want a Sealskin? We have the
largest line in Denver, and If you want to
know how it is hat we can sell them
cheaper than anyone in Colorado, read
our Catalogue, it will tell you.
, 1887-12-02
On Our Dry Goods Counters

We are showing out new and rare bar
gains each week. We save you money on
every purchase, but we cant save you as
much on SC. Bingham as on a cloak that
some one else would charge you $1,000
more for than we do.
Mail orders promptly and carefully
filled. We strive in every way to make
YOU purchase Just as satisfactory as if
you were here.
, 1887-12-02
UNPRECEDENTED ATTRACTIoNI
u OVER A MILLION DISTRIBuTrn
CAPITAL PRIZE 100000.
4.!s44

Incorporated by the Legislature in 1868 fer
franchise made a part of the present state Con-
vote. FP
It's Grand Single Number Drawings lake
place monthly, and the Semi Annuaf DraS
Ing regularly every six months, June and
" We do hereby certify that IUe supervise The mr.
raft0enlentsfo T Ill he MO1ILhEyond SENT Annual
drd'0tlgs or Aie Louisiana State Lottery Com
pdny, and in person manage and control N.
Dr'ttOin0S themselves, and that The san e are com
ducted Dth honesty, JdirneSs, and tn good ran,
toWdrd al parties, and tce cuthsriSe ue G1n-
pdny 70 use utis certificate, Nth y~dcSi5nileS OF DIR
stDtdtn1eS nhdched IN its nut'eitiSententS."
, 1887-12-02

EM that The payment of all
Prizes is GUARANTEED by FOUR Ma
BA = kS Of NetO Orleans and The
Tickets are signed By the President of an
Institution tOhOse chartered rights are recognized
In The hf0heS courts: therefore betodre Of any
limitations or dnonDtnous schemes.
, 1887-12-02

We the undersigned Banks and Bankers will
pay all prizes drawn In The Louisiana State
Lotteries which may be presented at our coun-
tiers
j; II. Oglesby, Pres. Louisiana National Bank.
Plerre LanauN, Pres. State National Bank.
A. Baldwin Pres. New Orleans National Bank
Carl Kohn. Pres. Union National Bank.